CDC already said that he didn’t have ebola but I don’t know how they can determine that without a blood test
Obama issued orders yesterday: "There will be no new cases of Ebola in the US before the elections. Period."
I was wondering the same thing. Plane from Brussels, reports are saying the father and daughter are likely from Liberia, they're exhibiting "flu like symptoms" and the plane was boarded by officials in Hazmat suits.
How are they ruling out Ebola already?
Maybe they have those iris-scanning devices like they did in I am Legend.
I thought I read that if blood tests are done too early the test negative?
The blood test takes a day to come back but they know in 15 minutes even as the vomit is still warm! WTF I call B.S.
I'm very curious about this too. Understand that blood or tissue is infectious, and any tests using blood would have to be done in an appropriate facility. Perhaps there is a new rapid diagnostic kit, but I have not heard of such a thing. You could culture the virus and then use electron microscopy, but tissue culture requires a BSL4 lab and a lot of time. You could use reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), but I would think this would take a couple of days also.
Antibody/antigenic testing is a possibility, but that is problematic because they need to have been infected long enough to produce antibodies. Indirect fluorescence antibody testing (IFAT) is quick, but has high false-positives. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is very sensitive and very specific, so it should be a good test, but takes time. I would think both of these methods would require BSL4 labs.
My guess is to make a call on the spot like this, it is based on a qualitative assessment of patient history and symptoms; in other words they are guessing. An educated guess perhaps, but still a guess.
CDC = Central Denial Commission